The programme – coherently with the priorities expressed by the Government of Iraq with the “National Plan for getting the IDPs back to the liberated areas” and with the strategic objectives of the Humanitarian Response Plan 2021 - aims at contributing to interrupt the vicious circle that links poverty, vulnerability and the lack of the basic skills which are necessary for the sound development of the individual and enable the access to sustainable sources of income. The intervention strategy bases on an integrated approach in the education and protection sectors, which shall contribute to lessen the adoption of negative coping strategies involving minors and keeping them out of school (child labour, early marriages, etc.). Therefore, the programme will (i) improve the education services available, while broadening their scope, (ii) support the most vulnerable households to reduce their vulnerability and (iii) raise awareness on the risk of the extensive ED contamination, which prevents the reconstruction efforts and the use of those infrastructures still in place. read more close